Shangri La

There are threads that make up your life that catch up with you ever so often and take you aback. While surfing the Internet last week I found a CD available through Amazon of the music from my favorite childhood movie, Lost Horizon. It is hard to remember while I love this movie so much maybe it was my childhood crush on the Bobby Van, one of the actors in the movie but more likely it was the way in which I watched this movie as a child. I remember when the movie would be on late at night, my dad would wake me up to come watch it with him - kind of like our little secret. Dad has the album of the music and we would blast it in the house while cleaning. As I listened to to CD on the way to work this week all these memories flashed before me and I began to cry- even as I am writing this, tears stream down my face. I don't really know why- these are very happy memories for me - maybe I just miss them.
As I think about the movie it is important to note that this is the 1973 musical version not the 1937 original. Though the 1973 version did not receive critical acclaim I really like the music the lessons taught in the story. It's really all about perspective. Have you lost perspective on what's important? What you have versus others and how to look at the life you have and "Share the Joy" - a song title from the movie. I hope we are all lucky enough to gain perspective and find the Shangri la that already exists in our lives. I will probably write again about this story as I plan to read to the book something I have never had the opportunity to do and share more Lost Horizon wisdom.